If you loved The Purity of Vengeance, try The Absent One

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

What they share

Theyboth carry the dread, paranoid, slow burn mood tags, and they sit in Thriller territory. If that's the register that drew you to The Purity of Vengeance, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What The Absent One is

A summer house, 1994. The thwack of badminton. Two young siblings meet a violent end. Twenty years later, a detective reopens the cold case, discovering a viper's nest of corruption and ritual abuse among Denmark's elite. Nordic Noir gets as dark as its winters.

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